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Phenolic resin is a thermosetting polymer resin is that is known for its excellent thermal properties and chemical stability. Thus, it could be advantageous if it could be utilized in graphite polymer composites as the cathode in aluminium ion batteries. In this study, graphite polymer composites with 3 cm of diameter and 3 cm of thickness had been fabricated and then their thermal characteristics were determined. The composition ratios of 40/60, 50/50, 60/40 and 70/30 by their weight percentage (wt%) of graphite/phenol respectively were fabricated using the hot compression method. Any further increment of graphite percentage in the composition would produce a very fragile composite. In the physical properties characterization, the bulk density, true density, and porosity percentage were determined. Besides, the thermal conductivity of the graphite composites had been measured according to ASTM E1350 standard for thermal characterization. It is observed that an increase in graphite content results in an increase in porosity content and thus reducing its thermal conductivity. It is concluded that a composition of 40/60 and 50/50 by its %wt of graphite/phenol has good physical and thermal properties with ~1.7 g/cm3, 6–8%, and ~36 W/mK of bulk density, porosity percentage and thermal conductivity, respectively.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support for this work by the Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Spanish Institute (UniKL MSI) and System Engineering and Energy Laboratory (SEELab).
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Zamri, F.A., Isa, N., Abu Bakar, M.H., Zahelem, M.N. (2019). Synthesis and Thermal Characterization of Graphite Polymer Composites for Aluminium Ion Batteries. In: Abu Bakar, M., Mohamad Sidik, M., Öchsner, A. (eds) Progress in Engineering Technology. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 119. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28505-0_20
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